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Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter (F-5 Tiger II)
második generációs vadászrepülőgépek, USAAS/USAAC/USAAF/USAF fighter designations 1924-1962, and Tri-Service post-1962 systems - Jagdflugzeuge (Fighter) der U.S. Air Force bis 1962, Northrop aircraft and aircraft engines - Liste der Flugzeugtypen der Hersteller Northrop und Grumman (inzwischen Northrop Grumman) - Самолёты компании Northrop Corporation, Canadian Armed Forces post-1968 unified aircraft designations - Luftfahrzeuge der kanadischen Streitkräfte seit 1968, Grumman and Northrop Grumman aircraft - Liste der Flugzeugtypen der Hersteller Northrop und Grumman (inzwischen Northrop Grumman) - Авиатехника компаний Northrop, Grumman и Northrop Grumman
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The F-5A serial number 677 was one of the ex-Iranian Freedom Fighters delivered to Ethiopia in the 1973–1974 period. It entered service with the 5th Squadron already camouflaged in this fashion. It is shown armed with one Mk.82 GP-bomb with Mk.15 Snakeye retarding fins, while insets are showing one M-117 GP-bomb and a BLU-27 napalm tank, which were frequently deployed during the Ogaden War. This aircraft survived the war and was sold to Iran in 1990, where it is still operational and wearing the serial number 2-7254.

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F-5A
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